Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian civilians have fled the nation after Vladimir Putin's forces invaded over per week in the past.
Nonetheless others have chosen to remain put - both to struggle again towards Russian troops or to assist others who can not go away by offering support and medical assist.
One courageous citizen has been hailed as a hero after reportedly bringing down a hovering drone with a jar of canned tomatoes and plums, The Mirror stories.
Ukrainian media outlet Liga.internet.ua spoke to the girl, recognized solely as Elena, who's a part of a defiant group taking a stand towards Russia.
She advised Liga Internet that she was sitting on the balcony of her flat in Kyiv smoking when a drone all of the sudden appeared.
In a bid to halt the system, she threw a jar of canned tomatoes and plums saved beneath her chair, to halt the system in case it fired at her.
Extremely, she knocked it out the air - and a legend was born, as a hearsay claiming she'd neutralised the system with a cucumber went viral on social media.
Elena and her husband distributed the remnants of the drone in numerous bins, in case the system may very well be tracked.
In addition they cleared up glass fragments so their neighbour's canines would not threat affected by cuts on their paws.
She advised the paper she thinks the system was operated by looters in search of empty flats to enter and steal from.
Elena added that she determined "immediately" that she would not be leaving Kyiv after Russia invaded the nation, and no regrets about staying as she pledged to struggle.
Her story of defiance was first shared by Liubov Tsybulska, an advisor to the Ukrainian authorities, who tweeted concerning the incident.
She wrote: "In Kyiv a girl knocked down a Russian drone from a balcony with a jar of cucumbers. How did they count on to occupy this nation?"
Her story went viral, with one man replying: "Pickles are a superb probiotic on the microscale and an anti-drone weapon on the macro scale. Do not mess with Ukrainian Grandmas."
One other added: "My mom used to make scones that would maim at 100 yards and kill at 50. I’ll should lookup the recipe."
It comes as not too long ago retired British firefighter has travelled to Ukraine to assist the native fireplace providers.
Bruce Reid, from North Yorkshire, advised Sky Information that he made the journey after inquiring on the Ukrainian embassy.
“I believe all people would assume ‘is there one thing I can do?’,” he stated.
“I went by way of the identical thought course of. I’m not too long ago retired from the hearth service. So maybe I may put that to some use, if it might do some good.
“I made some inquiries to the Ukrainian embassy, to see in the event that they would wish my providers as a not too long ago retired firefighter. That’s the one motive why I’ve come right here.”
He added that he wouldn't wish to take part within the preventing.
“I don’t wish to have a crash course in the usage of an AK47,” he stated. “But when I can get to a hearth station in Ukraine and assist them then I may be doing my bit."
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